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Category Archives: Mary Beth’s Messages

February: Black history, justice, journalism

March 3, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

N. Dakota is beautiful in February, especially when student journalists move a press rights bill through the state legislature! It all started as a student project at the University of […]

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Mary Beth's Messages

Flying forward to Spring, looking back…..

January 27, 2015by marybethtinker Leave a comment

Sankofa,  mythical bird of West Africa’s Akan people goes back to pick up what’s important, but keeps flying forward. What a time it is, with so many students saying,  “We […]

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We Tipped!!!

March 8, 2014by TinkerTour Leave a comment

We are delighted to report that at 4:48p Pacific Time today we hit our tipping point goal of $25,000 on StartSomeGood. We are over the moon here in Tinker Tour […]

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Mary Beth's Messages, Mike's Musings, Tinker Tour Information

Encourage young people to use their First Amendment rights to speak up against shootings of young black boys

February 26, 2014by marybethtinker Leave a comment

From today’s post on Good: Today, on the the anniversary of Trayvon’s death, I’m thinking about all of the young people who are standing up and speaking up about the […]

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February 24 – This Day in History in 1969: Tinker v. Des Moines Case Wins Free Speech Rights for Students

February 25, 2014by Mike Hiestand Leave a comment

February 24, 2014 By Mary Beth Tinker A 6th grader in Texas with the user name “Gummy Bear” pops onto my laptop screen. She’s doing a National History Day project […]

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History Day Projects Bring History To Life!

February 16, 2014by marybethtinker Leave a comment

Getting ready to head out in a couple of weeks for Tinker Tour west. In the meantime,  we’re being interviewed  by lots of kids for their History Day projects. This […]

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Mary Beth's Messages, Uncategorized

TT Day 43: McComb, Mississippi

October 29, 2013by TinkerTour 1 Comment

The Civil Rights movement continues. As Mary Beth tells students,  49 years ago — during the “Freedom Summer” of 1964 — her mom and dad were made to lie flat […]

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Memorial Day Is For Kids, Too

May 27, 2013by marybethtinker 1 Comment

I’m looking out at an auditorium full of amazingly-quiet seventh graders who have come to Washington DC from all over the country to learn about leadership as part of the […]

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Remembering when Birmingham was Bombingham

May 23, 2013by TinkerTour Leave a comment

by Mary Beth Tinker (posted at naacp.org) Fifty years ago, when I was ten, I watched on TV as children of the Birmingham Children’s March were attacked by German Shepards […]

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